The Young Lion

After the game against Leicester City, Odridge invited O'Neill to chat in the office.

He opened a bottle of good wine, and the two sat on the sofa with emotions.

"The idea before the season is still naive. Leicester City's capital wants to make a difference in the Premier League. The difficulty is not ordinary. Even if the players maintain their concentration and devote themselves to the game, poor strength is not morale. Make up."

O'Neill was drinking, full of bitterness.

Aldridge nodded in agreement. Leicester City's performance in the new season is polarized. The strong team has a good record and basically does not fall off. However, it is unfortunate for the weak team and it is extremely difficult to win.

When the weak team is more defensive in the face of Leicester City, even if Leicester City has the Tony + Goodjohnson combination, it is still weak.

Once attacked by opponents, Leicester City's overall defensive strength is not as good as the opponent's striker.

"Yeah, you want to bring Leicester City to the Premier League First Group. I'm honestly speaking, basically impossible, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, even Leeds United, the lineup is better than Leicester. City is stronger. The strength of a team depends first on the player's personal ability, although not absolute, like Tottenham and Everton in the past two years, the lineup is not bad, but unfortunately the team can not be combined. Lecce Sturt City is a good striker. It is okay to play in the Premier League. You can score enough goals to limit the attack in the middle and lower reaches. Basically, there is no problem. However, the more you go to the standings, the more important is defense. Of course, the team that can be in the forefront must have no problem with offense. The rest will be better than whose defense, who can suppress competitors in key battles."

O'Neill thought about it, suddenly came to interest, asked Odric for a tactical book, and began to discuss tactics with him.

Aldridge was also very happy. The game was over. He didn't want to go home for the time being. Someone could chat more and pass the time.

O'Neill mainly discussed with Aldridge about the midfielder.

This man’s coaching ability is unquestionable. When Ferguson announced his retirement several times in history, O’Neal was a successor of the successor, but for the first time he chose to go to the high school Scottish Celtics, and the second time he was still in With the Celtics in charge, Ferguson repented himself.

O'Neill specifically mentioned two teams, one is Arsenal and the other is the new team World Cup champion France team.

The two teams have a midfielder and one has no midfielder.

Aldridge told O'Neill very calmly, in fact, the only difference between the two teams' tactics is that Arsenal weakened the offensive midfield, fast break by the side, and the French team weakened the front line.

The same points are the same, with double backs.

The goal is clear: to strengthen defense.

And this is the future trend. It’s not that people don’t want to see talented front waists performing magical football skills, but that in the context of more and more utilitarian football, the defense of a single midfielder is really not reassuring. Understand, if the opponent has a super midfielder, how high will the one-on-one success rate be against his own single midfielder? The barrier in front of the guard line is almost useless.

Arsenal don't need a front waist, they are attacking the sidelines, and someone is in the middle of the middle to give a response.

The French team weakened the front line, it can be said that they are 4231,433, or 451, and the double back is to **** Zidane from the world.

O’Neal’s tactics didn’t have a front midfielder before. He counterattacked and stepped forward. However, now that he’s fighting in a positional battle, he has drained his front midfielder again, but the effect is very unsatisfactory, especially if he doesn’t have a good front midfielder. When he lost the ball while organizing an attack, his line of defense was crumbling.

Aldrich gave him the idea to consider using the unilateral flying wings common in Italy. That is to say, the double back waist remains unchanged, plus a front waist, plus a full-back, the attack focuses on one side, when defending, the front waist association The defense against retreat is relatively balanced in at least the system.

The small team, who can’t afford to fly on both wings and has no good players, can only look at the food. The offensive power is weaker, but at least it won’t be beaten without tears.

He and O'Neill discussed until 9pm, and then the two went out to dinner together, still discussing tactics at the table.

After the league, another week of doubles was ushered in. Millwall went to the European War and ushered in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage at Wembley. The opponent was the Austrian champion Graz.

In the last round of 7-ball slaughter of opponents, and then against each other, Aldridge sent a lot of young players and said lightly at the pre-match press conference: Millwall can declare the team's success as long as he wins this game again By the way, the game is not difficult. I will send a lot of young players to let them get exercise.

Aldrich did what he said and directly announced the starting list.

Goalkeeper: Keller.

Defenders: Ferreira, Neil, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole.

Midfielder: Pedretti, Gattuso, Lampard.

Flanking: Van der Med, Glenn Charles.

Forward: Klose.

This is no longer a substitute lineup, and three strange names have entered the media.

Two full-backs Ferreira and Cole appeared in the UEFA Champions League at a young age, and Pedretti has long been named as Markle Claire.

Fleet Street reporters familiar with Millwall smirked in their hearts.

Hall is too bad!

Defiance of opponents, and indeed sent a young lineup, looks like a precursor to arrogance against the enemy.

But look at his starting lineup.

This **** is 451!

All three backs can fight and grab, this Nima is to lure the opponent to hook to attack.

Graz had no hope of qualifying anyway. He lost three consecutive games in the group stage, and he was defeated in shame at home. He came to the road and was a bit of a routine.

But they came to London to prepare for battle.

The London media showed that Millwall wanted to win, and it was a despising lineup that used 2 teams + 3 teams to piece together.

Shishi can not be humiliated!

Grass your whole family, Millwall!

The Austrian champion was furious.

In Wembley, anti-guests are dominant, and the offensive is fierce.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what Millwall wants to see, and is also the purpose of Aldridge's pre-match remarks and announcement of the starter.

He sat on the coach's seat and dragged his chin to watch the game. Just four minutes into the first half, Graz, who was extremely motivated, was defeated by Millwall's wing.

Pedretti succeeded in stealing the ball before the penalty area and counterattacked the ball. Ferreira also did not make any ink.

Van der Meide handsomely and swiftly stopped the defender who had passed the opponent, and then a straight ball was handed over to Klose who succeeded in the offside.

Klose did not live up to the expectations of his teammates. The single-handed ball calmly pushed the far corner and the score was rewritten. Millwall led 1:0.

The number of fans entering today has declined.

After all, the last round of 7 goals slaughtered Graz, and fans of the crazy lion almost agreed that the second round of fighting was also a mere abuse.

The process of the game also looks like a dishonour, but it is inseparable from the psychological warfare of Aldridge.

If Graz doesn't take the initiative to attack, it will take a lot of hard work to attack and fight hard. People are the second-tier league champions anyway. Really defensive, Millwall is not half of the main force. Can the game be stable?

Graz didn't feel discouraged after losing the ball and continued to attack.

Thirteen minutes later, Glencharr alone broke through the two in the counterattack, and made a two-on-one match with Klose before the penalty area to counter-offside the ball and sent the ball into the goal.

"Glenchard also scored! Millwall opened the lead with two goals in less than 20 minutes. This looks like a slaughter again. Millwall's youth storm continues to continue, even if we are all familiar with the grid. Lenchar, now only 21 years old! Will Pedretti, Ferreira, Cole, and Millwall's three young debut young players in the future become the mainstay of the mad lion?"

When Grenchar and Klose embraced, Aldridge stood up. He walked to the sidelines and called Lampard, allowing him to play the role of B2B (restricted area to restricted area) in the premise of counterattack.

A few words of confession were enough. Aldridge turned his head to search for the figures of Ashley Cole and Paul Ferreira. They did not see them in the backcourt until they looked at the celebrating crowd.

Good guy, Glenn Charles scored in the opponent's penalty area, and both fullbacks rushed from their own penalty area to participate in the celebration...

As they walked back, Aldridge pointed his finger at the two, and then waved.

Call the two in front of them and tell them to boldly advance to participate in the offense in the next game, just as they did in training.

Graz’s players and coaches almost burst into tears. Looking at Aldridge’s posture, he didn’t plan to stop.

Graz started a little counseling. Two goals behind reminded them of the match they had half a month ago. That was a nightmare. Will it be repeated today?

They began to shrink their formation, set up fences, and consciously focused on Glencharr and Van der Med, as well as Klose who scored.

Aldridge foresaw this, so he allowed players who had both midfield and backcourts to come forward and support.

Before the end of the first half, Lampard inserted a long shot and was saved by the goalkeeper. Klose followed up to make up the shot and expanded the score to 3:0.

In the second half, Aldridge used Glenn Duff to remove Glennshire, and Henry also replaced Van der Med.

However, in the second half, the opponent defended more firmly, and the danger in front of the door continued, but he relied on the human wall to protect the city gate, and the final score was fixed at 3:0.

At the end of the game, Aldridge took the initiative to walk and shake hands with the opponent's coach, but the opponent was angrily angry, thinking that Aldridge was humiliating him, and left.

Aldridge showed a very helpless expression, had to shake hands with the assistant of the opposing coaching staff, and then twisted into the player channel.

"Champions League defending champion Millwall is unstoppable, with four wins in the group stage, and they have two games left. In the next round they will go to Moscow to challenge Moscow Sparta. The last game will welcome Inter Milan at Wembley. Millwall, who holds 12 points, basically announced that he will advance to the knockout. Unless they lose in the next two games, they may not be able to miss the knockout, but the probability is not great. Considering the points of other teams, 12 points should get the best. Of the group’s second place, especially their advantage in goal difference is too great."

In an interview after the game, Aldridge changed his face before the game and highly praised the Austrian champion Graz. Yeah, the game is over. At least it is impossible to meet again in the next six months. Aldrich will of course give The other party has enough respect, and the gesture of contempt before the game is nothing more than to win the game.

The reason why Aldridge did not send the main force in this Champions League game is very obvious. Fleet Street does not need to know to ask: nourish the spirit and prepare for the London Derby!

Just three days later, Millwall is heading to West London to challenge Chelsea, the leader of the Premier League standings, at Stamford Bridge!